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Alberta Investment Management Corp invested $160 million in Strategy shares, marking the first Bitcoin-linked institutional investment by a Canadian province. This highlights growing institutional adoption of Bitcoin in Canada.
Bitcoin's price dropped sharply to $59,100 following a $1.6 billion liquidation event triggered by strong US jobs data that dampened expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. This significant market movement reflects sensitivity to macroeconomic factors.
A New York court has paused a lawsuit related to 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets holding an estimated 3.8 million BTC worth around $234 billion, with a hearing set for July 14. The case involves whether New York’s lost-and-found statute applies to dormant bitcoin addresses.
Bitcoin at $62,000 faces the risk of a massive short squeeze, with nearly $26 billion in short leverage positioned above this level. In the past 24 hours, $218 million has been liquidated from short positions, indicating heightened market volatility and risk.
Bitcoin's network has entered its first hashrate bear market, contracting by 145 EH/s since May amid price declines to levels last seen in February, with hashprice down 27% over 30 days. This squeeze is tightening miner revenues and signaling stress in the mining sector.
A wallet associated with Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin transferred over $121 million in ETH for the first time in three years, sparking fears of a market dump. This move coincided with Ethereum's decline to a yearly low, impacting investor sentiment.
Ethereum's 3-day chart has printed a TD Sequential '9' buy signal after falling from $2,300 to $1,600, suggesting potential seller exhaustion. Meanwhile, Ethereum exchange reserves across centralized platforms hit new lows, indicating strong buying pressure or reduced selling interest.
Despite a price dip, the Solana ecosystem recorded $716 million in real-world asset inflows in May, the highest across blockchains. Mastercard also launched USDC stablecoin settlements on Solana, signaling institutional adoption and growing blockchain use cases.
Michael Saylor hinted at potential new Bitcoin purchases as his firm Strategy holds over 840,000 BTC. His updates historically precede additional acquisitions, underscoring continued institutional demand for Bitcoin.
The cryptocurrency market suffered its largest weekly decline since 2022, with Bitcoin dropping 17.3% and Ethereum 22%, erasing $390 billion in market value. The downturn was driven by ETF outflows and concerns over rising interest rates.